I had 2 reply's of list, for the archives I am forwarding the results. See bottom.
emelvy wrote: > Nov. 23, 2008 > > [Charles: I sent a similar message yesterday, but it has not been > posted on this iMac list despite the confirmation message I got > when I posted it. I've re-posted just now; here's a private reply > in case it again fails to get onto the list.] > > I bought a clear acrylic base for my eMac. It came with an Allen > wrench which I measured mine yesterday. Across the flats, it is > 0.096 or 0.097 inch. (It looked like 0.0965" on my dial micrometer, > but I can't be sure of that last digit.) > > I don't know whether this size is normally included in sets of Allen > wrenches, nor does it seem to be a metric size. I don't know where > you should go to get one, but perhaps Apple will supply one. Since > the same screws are used elsewhere on the eMac to hold it in its > case, I would suppose that any Apple repair shop has to have this > size of wrench on hand. > > On Nov 22, 1:33 am, Charles Lenington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anybody know off the top of their head what size allen/hex wrench the >> screws for the clear/acrylic base takes? I can't find my big set and >> hate to buy a new set. >> >> Charles >> > > > Bruce J. looked it up in a service manual. It said 2.5mm, but luckily (yeah right) I had to buy a set (cheapest), the one in this 1.25 gig is 2.0mm. At least I didn't have to go back to town (12 miles one way). Charles --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
